Rochelle, Texas
Unincorporated community in McCulloch County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Rochelle
Rochelle is an unincorporated community in McCulloch County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rochelle had a population of 169.
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How Rochelle is governed
Rochelle appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from McCulloch County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Rochelle does have local officials.
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Residents of Rochelle
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History
Initial names for the community included Crewville and Crothers, both in honor of early McCulloch County residents. When a post office was established in 1879, the name Rochelle was suggested by a local settler from La Rochelle, France, which was accepted by postal officials. A one-room schoolhouse was first built in 1886 when the community had a population of approximately 30. The Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway Company laid its track from Brownwood to Brady in 1903. A second line, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad completed its track from Eden to Lometa in 1912. The arrival of the railroads caused Rochelle to grow substantially. The number of inhabitants had risen to around 700 by 1914. In 1930, several smaller schools consolidated with Rochelle High School. These schools were Placid, Claxton, Corn Creek, and Round Mountain. Several more schools, including Cowboy, Fairview, East Sweden, and Mercury had transferred their students to Rochelle by the end of 1937. Rochelle's population during the 1930s was just over 500 and remained at that level until the 1950s. The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway abandoned its track through the community in 1959, accelerating the rate of decline. By the early 1960s, only 100 people remained in Rochelle. That figure rose slightly to 163 in the 1960s and remained at that level through 2000.
Although Rochelle is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 76872.
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